Prosthechea
COMMON NAME | Appendage orchid, cockleshell or
clamshell orchid |
TYPE | Orchid |
FAMILY | Orchidaceae |
NOTES | With over
100 species, this group has
always been problematic in that the physical characteristics seem not to fit
into nice discrete groups allowing easy classification. The newly resurrected genus name
for the group of orchids that have been classified in the past with
epidendrums, encyclias, anacheiliums and many others. |
GEOGRAPHIC REGION | Mexico to Paraguay, as well as in Florida and the
West Indies |
NATIVE
HABITAT | Neotropical
epiphytic genus |
WEB SOURCES |
